Ten days later, the First Abyss...
Two figures flashed like fleeting glimmers through the dense black fog of the First Abyss, flying toward the layered mountain ranges in the distance...
"Just over 800 kilometers ahead is the outer perimeter of Iron Enclosure Mountain..." The two figures stopped, and one of them—a woman—spoke in a soft, sweet voice.
"Iron Enclosure Mountain was in this direction, so why didn't you say so earlier? You led me on a detour of over a thousand kilometers and wasted so much time going back and forth!" The other figure spoke with mild anger, then slapped the woman's buttocks, producing a crisp smack. Her pert rear quivered like jelly from the blow.
"I only saw that Master was a little tired and wanted to find somewhere for Master to rest!" The woman coquettishly pouted. "Besides, wasn't Master quite happy when I served you just now? And now you're blaming me for the time we lost!"
"Still talking back? Watch me teach you a lesson!" The man raised his hand and gave her backside another slap.
The woman covered her mouth and laughed softly, casting the man a sultry glance. "I wouldn't dare!"
The man glared at her, and the woman put on an aggrieved expression.
The two continued flying forward.
More than ten minutes later, a fully armed three-man team of human knights emerged from the dense black fog, directly in the path of those two fleeting figures. The two sides met head-on.
"Stop where you are!" One knight from the three-man squad spotted two figures flying through the mist in the distance and immediately shouted, assuming a guarded stance. Only after seeing that the two approaching figures were humans rather than members of the Devil Race did the three knights finally breathe a sigh of